Bar Stories [Paperback]

Scott Brassart (Author), Jack Fritscher (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Alyson Books (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555835368
• ISBN-13: 978-1555835361
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,635,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Here's Looking at Him, April 30, 2000

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Samuel Dixon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bar Stories (Paperback)

Variations on "And then I looked across the bar and saw HIM" in an easy, satisfying read. The collection amply explores the bar theme with selections of diverse style and tone, and these stories generally surpass the quality of gay fiction found in glossy mags (but aren't quite Edmund White, either). Some attempts at Southern dialect come across awkwardly, but most voices sound true. Especially memorable and enjoyable: Michael A. White's "Roosters at the Seashore", itself worth the price of the collection -- an excellent tale told with sardonic wit. Editor Scott Brassart should coax a novel out of him.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Synopsis, March 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bar Stories (Paperback)

"Bar Stories Scott Brassart, editor Cigarette smoke swirls in the dim light; laughter and loud voices mingle with the pounding beat of the music. Welcome to the local gay bar Anywhere, USA, and if these walls could talk, what stories would they tell? True, stylishly literary stories of lust, betrayal, sex, revenge, and romance from every perspective and walk of life begin or end in that place around the corner and down the stairs." - From the Publisher